CAUTION: SERVES ALCOHOL / COOKING CONTAINS ALCOHOL
Venue/landmark: Just below Capital Hotel,
with Wisma Merdeka on the opposite side, and Esso petrol station nearby in Kota Kinabalu city.Time open – close:
Reservation: available
Contact no.: 088 - 232231
Basic RM per meal: RM 20.00 (w/o tax)
As the name implies, this place serves superb Italian spread. With red brick wall, open pizza kitchen from where delicious smell wafted, low reddish lighting and light atmosphere, it feels classic; you will fall into relaxed mode and chat freely with your crowd. Smokers’ area is outside facing the street so I suppose you’ll have 2 sources of air pollution here…
Come especially near Christmas and the place will steep up the festive mood with decorations of Christmas tree and cotton snows and hanging socks etc. Just remember to call for reservation during festive seasons as the crowd can really overflow the place.
The waiters are friendly and courteous, you can inquire in detail for everything in the menu . Since some dishes are prepared with alcohol as one of the ingredients especially pastas with cream sauce, those who are Muslim better be weary and inquire on this. You can ask the waiter note down to exempt the alcohol from the preparations.
1. Bruschetta
This is one of my favourite appetizers. It consists of slices of French bread about 1.5 cm thick, topped with generous amount of diced tomato seasoned with olive oil, vinegar and herbs. Tantalizingly sour to wake your taste buds for the main course and just enough to not completely fill you up. Grind a dash of black pepper and a sprinkle of cheese for extra zest! Oh yeah, for extra RM 5.00, they will add slices of smoked salmon onto it which I personally like since I love sashimi ^_^
Price: RM 6.90 (+ RM 5.00 for smoked salmon)
2. Zuppa di mare
A savory, tomato based soup with generous amount of clams, mussels, prawns, calamari strips and fish served with 2 slices of crisp garlic bread, this makes an “umph!” starter. Opt for serving with spaghetti added in and you will have a filling main course.
Price: RM 18.90 (+ RM 2.00 with spaghetti)
3. Pasta:
- Ravioli with mushroom served in salmone sauce I am a huge fan of mushroom so this is my favourite. Like the name implies, it’s pasta with mushroom filling (like mini curry – puff I guess). The sauce is based of salmon strips, artichoke and dill paste, very creamy and non – spicy. Artichoke is something like onion – looking but taste like tofu skin with texture of mushroom. A note on this: eat while served hot since the sauce become curd - like when cold so toss it with some black pepper when it gets cold to make it less sickening and dash some Tabasco if you want extra zest.
4. Pizza: their pizza crust is really nice, crisp edges and well – browned by the stone oven. Watch them prepare it with jest; I just couldn’t take my eyes off it (or maybe it was the cute chef). But they probably think you’re nuts anyway if you hang at the counter overlooking the pizza kitchen too long. Aside from what I had below there are others. You can also opt to create your own toppings.
a. Margherita: a simple tomato and cheese topped pizza for vegetarian.
b. ai Quattro formaggi: 3 types of cheese as toppings. There are mixed taste to this; salty, slightly sour – ish and sweet, all combined together but distinct in a bite. Warning; do not take with cream – based stuff unless you’re a cheese freak because I guarantee that you’ll feel sick later unless you’re having lemonade as your drink.
c. pollo e funghi: ah, this one is fresh mushroom and chicken and cheese, lovely with a dash of black pepper and Tabasco.
Price: RM 17.90
5. Lemonade
Oh I love their lemonade! Sour and refreshing, to be taken especially when having the cheese – based sauce. I dunno why but I find that too much cheese gives me a bad after – taste even though I love cheese. They have large and regular glass, the large ones especially served in bottle – like glasses. I think they serve about 500 ml for large ones.
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